The low-cost airline Wingo announced that it plans to open two weekly frequencies between San José and Bogotá starting in September.
The company reported that it has not yet applied for permits from the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC), but that flights would be operated on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and ticket prices will have prices from $130 round trip.
In Panama, it is expected that the recent start of operations of Air Europa, and the next market entry of the airline Wingo, scheduled for the first quarter of 2020, will dynamize the alicaída tourist activity.
On June 3, Air Europa began operating the route between the capitals of Spain and Panama, with four frequencies a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The flights are operated with the Dreamliner fleet of the Boeing 787-8, with capacity for 296 passengers, 22 in Business Class.
According to the Guatemalan airline guild, it is necessary to modernize the infrastructure of La Aurora International Airport by expanding the southern taxiway, but in the study of the project it is proposed to begin with work on the northern runway.
The consulting firm Deloitte Tetra Tech was hired to prepare feasibility studies, with the aim of establishing the plan to modernize the Guatemalan air terminal.
The Ministry of Education of Guatemala tenders the air transport service for school sports delegations, which will participate in different international sports activities.
Starting December 18, Air Transat will operate a new flight between Vancouver, Canada, and two Costa Rican cities, San Jose and Liberia, in a chain known as a triangular flight.
The Airbus for this triangular flight is a completely new aircraft with a capacity of 199 passengers.
The airline completed the sale of its shareholding in the Central American companies Sansa and La Costeña, which operate domestic flights in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, respectively.
The completion took place on May 31, 2019 and is an improvement of the share purchase agreement signed on April 22 between the parties, reported Avianca in a statement.
The Ministry of Health of Guatemala tenders the air transport service of charter flights for Cuban brigades between the Cuban capital and Guatemala City, in both directions.
Starting in May, TAG Airlines plans to start operating two daily frequencies between the capitals of Guatemala and Honduras.
TAG Airlines executives announced that the round trip fare for the flight connecting Guatemala's La Aurora Airport with Toncontín in Tegucigalpa will be $299.
Because of "the lack of the necessary laws or regulations to supervise airlines in accordance with minimum international standards," new services from companies licensed from Costa Rica to the U.S. will not be allowed to be established.
In 1996, Costa Rica was assigned an initial Category 1 rating when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determined that the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) complied with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards for aviation safety oversight.
American Airlines will add a daily flight connecting the U.S. city of Dallas with San Jose and Liberia in Costa Rica beginning on December 18.
The new flight has as particularity its night schedule, as they will leave Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) late at night and return to that city leaving San Jose and Liberia in early morning flights, known as red-eye, in an aircraft B737-800, with 16 seats in First Class, 30 seats in Main Cabin Extra with additional space, and 126 seats in Economy Class, informed an official source in Costa Rica.
In Guatemala, the Escuintla municipality issued an agreement that restricts the circulation of heavy transport in the city in specific times, which is rejected by businessmen in the sector.
Municipal Agreement 064-2018, which comes into force on May 8, 2019, consists of restricting the movement of heavy transport from 6:30 to 8:30 hours and from 17:00 to 19:30 hours in the municipality of Escuintla, which is on the route to Puerto Quetzal, one of the most important maritime terminals in the country.
To solve the congestion problem affecting Guatemala's port network, it is estimated that at least $133 million needs to be invested to improve the operations of current terminals.
The average standard for port operation is on average 50%, however, currently the country is reaching occupancy limits above 60%, which means that they are reaching congested points that make them less efficient.
Nicaraguan carriers estimate that during the first quarter of the year the movement of cargo in the country has decreased by up to 55%, mainly because of the decline in economic activity.
For the representatives of the Nicaraguan Association of Transporters, local fuel prices have also affected them, as their operations have become more expensive compared to other countries in the region.
Last year, Guatemalan ports mobilized 26.9 million metric tons, 1% less than reported in 2017, mainly because of the machinery deficit in the main maritime terminals.
Data from the National Port Commission (CPN), detail that between 2017 and 2018 the cargo movement in the country's ports fell from 27.3 million to 26.9 million metric tons.
Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador signed the Regulations for the Facilitation of Air and Airport Operations, which will allow some of the flights operating between the three countries to be considered domestic flights.
The Honduran Minister of Investment, Luis Mata, explained that "... this makes it interesting for local and regional airlines to be able to use their planes on regional flights now considered as domestic or local flights with preferential rates."
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